Commissioning Pennant 1785-1931 (Spain)

Gallardete

Last modified: 2005-02-12 by santiago dotor
Keywords: gallardete | stripes: 3 (red-yellow) | square (yellow) | square: hoist (yellow) | coat of arms: oval | coat of arms: per pale (castle: yellow) | coat of arms: per pale (lion: red) |
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by Santiago Dotor

• Description

See also:

• Commissioning Pennant (current version)
• Historical Flags 1785-1931 (Spain)

Description

The 1785 Royal Decree also established a new war pennant, with tapering stripes red-yellow-red in proportions 1:2:1 with a yellow square at the hoist bearing the oval lesser arms, tilted 90º. Sources: Calvo and Grávalos 1983 and Fernández Gaytán 1985.

Santiago Dotor, 8 July 1999